Stage Aim: to increase students' motivation to participate in the lesson

Subject: English

Unit 7: Natural Disasters

School:

Grade: 7

Date :

Teacher:

Cross curricular links

Environment, Geography

Theme:

· Looking at natural disasters in Kazakhstan and around the world

Learning objectives

7.C9 use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings

7.L5 recognize the opinion of the speaker(s) in supported extended talk on a range of general and curricular topics

7.S4 respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a growing range of general and curricular topics

7.S7 use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

· use the topical vocabulary and syntax appropriately talking about the topic “Natural disasters in Kazakhstan and around the world” with support

· express their own opinion with support, recognize and react verbally to the peer’s opinion while speaking about the topic

Most learners will be able to:

· express their own opinion about the topic without support

Some learners will be able to:

· give an extended talk on the topic “Natural disasters in Kazakhstan and around the world” without support

Assessment criteria

- use the topical vocabulary and grammar structures appropriately (through formative task)

- demonstrate an ability to organize and present their own opinions clearly when interacting with a peer (through monitoring the students’ participation in the discussion)

Value links

- Respect another person’s viewpoint

- National security and addressing global and regional issues

Previous learning

Entertainment and Media

Resources

     Textbook, presentation, cards, handouts

Procedure

Start

1. Greeting (1 min)

2. Lead in (2 min). Activity “Spelling” Students should write down easily recognizable topical words: “storm”, “tsunami”, “earthquake”, “wind”, “tornado”, “flood” and afterwards match the pictures with the spelt words

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Activity 1

Vocabulary Reinforcement: Types of natural disasters

Descriptors

Match the words with their definitions

Find the hidden words in the peer’s crossword

Activity 2

Pre-speaking task

Descriptors

Listen and draw the picture of a disaster

Identify the disaster in the picture and write the suitable word

Activity 3

Speaking about the topic

Open class activity 4

Feedback

What topic have we talked about?

Reflection: The students are given assessment papers to evaluate their achievements during the lesson.

Read the statements, Think about your progress and tick one of the boxes.

Homework

Give a talk about a recent natural disaster in Kazakhstan or somewhere else. Use the topical words.

Reflection

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic?

Did all learners achieve the LO? If not, why?

Did my planned differentiation work well?

Did I stick to timings?

What changes did I make from my plan and why?

Summary evaluation

What two things went really well (consider both teaching and learning)?

1:

2:

What two things would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?

1:

2:

What have I learned from this lesson about the class or achievements/difficulties of individuals that will inform my next lesson?

Subject: English

Unit 7: Natural Disasters

School:

Grade: 7

Date :

Teacher:

Cross curricular links

Environment, Geography

Theme:

· Looking at natural disasters in Kazakhstan and around the world

Learning objectives

7.C9 use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings

7.L5 recognize the opinion of the speaker(s) in supported extended talk on a range of general and curricular topics

7.S4 respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a growing range of general and curricular topics

7.S7 use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics, and some curricular topics

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

· use the topical vocabulary and syntax appropriately talking about the topic “Natural disasters in Kazakhstan and around the world” with support

· express their own opinion with support, recognize and react verbally to the peer’s opinion while speaking about the topic

Most learners will be able to:

· express their own opinion about the topic without support

Some learners will be able to:

· give an extended talk on the topic “Natural disasters in Kazakhstan and around the world” without support

Assessment criteria

- use the topical vocabulary and grammar structures appropriately (through formative task)

- demonstrate an ability to organize and present their own opinions clearly when interacting with a peer (through monitoring the students’ participation in the discussion)

Value links

- Respect another person’s viewpoint

- National security and addressing global and regional issues

Previous learning

Entertainment and Media

Resources

     Textbook, presentation, cards, handouts

Procedure

Start

1. Greeting (1 min)

2. Lead in (2 min). Activity “Spelling” Students should write down easily recognizable topical words: “storm”, “tsunami”, “earthquake”, “wind”, “tornado”, “flood” and afterwards match the pictures with the spelt words

№ 1	№2	№ 3
№ 4	№ 5	№ 6

Stage Aim: to increase students' motivation to participate in the lesson

P. Students should predict the topic of the lesson looking at the words

What are we going to speak about today? “Natural Disasters” If necessary the teacher asks additional questions to lead the students to the topic: “Can weather be dangerous?” How can the weather be dangerous?”

Theme of the lesson is Natural disasters in Kazakhstan and around the world

3. LO: I will be able to speak about natural disasters in Kazakhstan and around the world

Activity 1

Vocabulary Reinforcement: Types of natural disasters